"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.